A national investigation is to examine the “disturbing pattern” of failings at some residential schools which has allowed child sexual abuse to take place. The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual
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A police constable is among 16 men charged as part of an investigation into allegations of historic child sexual exploitation. West Yorkshire Police said the charges relate to alleged offences
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The Scottish Government has apologised for the “suffering” of child migrants sent abroad by institutions entrusted to care for them. Thousands of children from Scotland were sent overseas through child
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Victims of historical abuse have welcomed the progress made in procuring contributions for their compensation. Brendan McAllister, the Interim Advocate for victims of historical institutional abuse in Northern Ireland, endorsed
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A judge to lead the panel overseeing compensation payments for institutional abuse victims in Northern Ireland will be appointed by the end of this week, a campaigner has said. An
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The most senior Catholic in England and Wales has told an inquiry into child sexual abuse that the church has been “shocked to the core” by the presence of evil
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The passing of new legislation, ensuring that compensation will be paid to the survivors of institutional abuse, has been hailed as a “unique and historic” moment by campaigners. The Bill
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Peers have backed a move aimed at pushing through a law to compensate victims of historical institutional abuse in Northern Ireland before Parliament dissolves. The backbench bid by former Northern
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No decision has been made on whether a bill compensating victims of historical institutional abuse in Northern Ireland will become law before Parliament dissolves, a minister said. Victims of physical,
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A judge has concluded that three girls were not systematically abused by members of a paedophile ring after an “unprecedentedly complex” High Court investigation. Sir Mark Hedley (pictured) had analysed
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